Sunday, February 7, 2016

NIOBIUM ! Yes Yes Yes

This morning I cut a couple of pieces of niobium and went to the studio and microfolded for effect

set up took all of 3 minutes from my bin that holds all the equipment for anodizing

I can reuse

the stainless steel anode

The nice thing is I am not working with any dangerous chemicals - the TSP is a household cleaner/soap mixed in water

The most dangerous is the electrical part - long as you follow instructions its easy -

first I did some titanium just to check it was working

then I did the first Niobium sample - and hen my grand daughter who is 6 wanted to try - so we gloved her up and she did a niobium

OMG ! the one on the left is mine - the one on the right is my grand daughters

I think the color is brighter on the niobium for sure - but I may not have the titanium clean enough - I'll have to reserve that till I get the multi etch and so some samples brushing with steel wool as well

so easy so simple

Next is making some paint brushes that will conduct and I can brush in the areas I want to brush and also get a piece of sea sponge and do a sponge effect

of course I may now cut pieces that I could turn into earrings or pendants so I dont waste it

but fun - wow and fast - immediate gratification - this is definitely going to be more fun

3 comments:

Niobium does give brighter colors than the titanium but I read also if you shine up the titanium - in the tumbler maybe the colors look brigher ( on titanium they look duller /softer) but I really like this bright bold - Its just so simple I cant believe I did not do this sooner

Niobium does give brighter colors than the titanium but I read also if you shine up the titanium - in the tumbler maybe the colors look brigher ( on titanium they look duller /softer) but I really like this bright bold - Its just so simple I cant believe I did not do this sooner